jpdb beta

belief; faith; conviction

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

fire; conflagration

1

yesterday

2

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

3

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...

4

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

1

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

7

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

7

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

first part of a poem or verse

2

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

1

really; truly

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

fundamental; basic

1

three; 3

2

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

1

team

2

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

3

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

four people

1

home area; home town; local

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

1

was

1

within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

1

(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

1

if it's the case

2

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

competitive karuta

2

indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

1

rule

4

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.

4

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

how long; how far; how much

1

first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

1

however

2

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

I can tell you; heh

1